Marie-Françoise DUGUAY dite LAFRANCHISE

(b. 28 September 1738 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 11 April 1799 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Françoise DUGUAY dite LAFRANCHISE was born 28 September 1738 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Marie-Françoise DUGUAY dite LAFRANCHISE was the child of Pierre DUGUAY dit LAFRANCHISE and Marie-Françoise HOUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DUGUAY dit LAFRANCHISE and Angélique DELUGRE (maternal) Claude HOUDE and Marie-Madeleine LEMAY

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Françoise married Étienne POUJOT dit LESPERANCE 15 September 1766 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Étienne POUJOT dit LESPERANCE was born 27 February 1719 in France.

Marie-Françoise DUGUAY dite LAFRANCHISE died 11 April 1799 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Family and Children of Marie-Françoise DUGUAY dite LAFRANCHISE

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Marie-Françoise DUGUAY dite LAFRANCHISE married

Étienne POUJOT dit LESPERANCE-- Date: 15 September 1766 Place: Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Étienne POUJOT dit LESPERANCE and Marie-Françoise DUGUAY dite LAFRANCHISE:

Marie-Ursule POUJOT dite LESPERANCE (b.17 April 1769, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Antoine BOISVERT dit DENEVERS 5 November 1793 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Elisabeth POUJOT dite LESPERANCE (b.7 February 1771, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph TURCOT 7 January 1800 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Etienne POUJOT dit LESPERANCE (b.14 April 1773, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 October 1843, Yamaska, Canada East )
m. Elisabeth LEMIRE 6 May 1799 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1738 Birth
28 September 1738
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise DUGUAY dite LAFRANCHISE and Étienne POUJOT dit LESPERANCE 15 September 1766 , Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

She was 27 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Marie-Ursule POUJOT dite LESPERANCE was born 17 April 1769, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marie-Françoise was 30 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Elisabeth POUJOT dite LESPERANCE was born 7 February 1771, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marie-Françoise was 32 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Etienne POUJOT dit LESPERANCE was born 14 April 1773, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marie-Françoise was 34 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Marriage of Child
Marie-Ursule POUJOT dite LESPERANCE married 5 November 1793, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Antoine BOISVERT dit DENEVERS